Crews responding to early morning fire at Colorado Springs apartment building

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department is currently responding to an apartment structure fire on Radiant Drive, just northeast of the Academy Boulevard/Maizeland Road intersection.

As of 6:32 a.m., CSFD said that the fire broke out early this morning in a three-story building at the Fir Tree Apartments is knocked down, and crews are searching the building before clearing out.

According to firefighters who reported to the scene, a heavy fire was coming from the second floor of an apartment. The department says that three alarms were issued for the fire, resulting in around 60 personnel at the scene.

According to a CSFD spokesperson, one person is being treated at a hospital after injuries from either jumping or falling from a third-story window; three other residents were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.

CSFD Fire Investigators are on scene working to determine the origin and cause of the fire; between 50 and 60 residents were evacuated from the building.

At this time one northbound lane of Academy just after Maizeland is impacted. The area and roads around the apartment complex will be closed for an undetermined amount of time.